---
id: custom-ports
title: Running Flipper with different ports
sidebar_label: Using different ports
---

## Flipper ports - mobile  apps that support certificate exchange

:::information
By default, Flipper runs its servers on ports 9088 and 9089.
The mobile SDKs look for servers on those ports.
:::

Each of these can be overridden by setting an environment variable, with the format: `${INSECURE_PORT},${SECURE_PORT}`.

To run the desktop app using custom ports, use the following:

```sh
env FLIPPER_PORTS=1111,2222 ./flipper
```

or with a dev build:

```sh
env FLIPPER_PORTS=1111,2222 yarn start
```

### Android SDK

To configure the Android SDK for custom ports, set the `flipper.ports` prop to your chosen ports `1111,2222` and then launch the Android app:

```sh
adb shell su 0 setprop flipper.ports 1111,2222
```

### iOS SDK

To configure the iOS SDK for custom ports, set the FLIPPER_PORTS environment variable in your app launch script or set it system-wide through User Defaults:

```sh
xcrun simctl spawn booted defaults write "Apple Global Domain" "com.facebook.flipper.ports" -string "1111,2222"
```

## Flipper ports - apps that do not support certificate exchange

:::information
Flipper listens on port 8333 for unsecure (browser, Node.js) connections.
:::

To run the desktop app using custom ports, use the following:

```sh
env FLIPPER_BROWSER_PORT=1111 ./flipper
```

or with a dev build:

```sh
env FLIPPER_BROWSER_PORT=1111 yarn start
```

To connect to Flipper on a different port from [js-flipper](https://github.com/facebook/flipper/tree/main/js/js-flipper), you need to override its `urlBase` when you [start it](https://github.com/facebook/flipper/blob/0993d21f3b52d38969e4d2e330eb97ec4d840a9d/js/react-flipper-example/src/FlipperTicTacToe.tsx#L19).

```ts
flipperClient.start('React Tic-Tac-Toe', { urlBase: 'localhost:1111' });
```

## Metro Server Ports

You can also setup Flipper to use a different Metro Server port (default=8081) using this environement variable, as follows:

```sh
METRO_SERVER_PORT=3333 ./flipper
```

## AD8 Reverse Proxy ports

You can setup a different ADB port, used for reverse proxying when plugged through USB (default=5037), using the following:

```sh
ANDROID_ADB_SERVER_PORT=4444 ./flipper
```
